Wikipedia:Template index/General

"WP:OTHERUSES" redirects here. For the guideline on hatnotes, see Wikipedia:Hatnote.

This page is about templates relating to article descriptions. For templates related to issues and disputes with articles, including NPOV, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Disputes. For templates related to formatting, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Format. For templates related to cleanup issues, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup.

Disambiguation and redirection

On disambiguation pages

For others, see MediaWikiWiki:Disambiguationspage. For hatnote templates used to distinguish pages, see Wikipedia:Hatnote#Distinguish or Template:Hatnote templates documentation

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{disambiguation}} links talk view		Bottom of disambiguation pages.
{{disambiguation cleanup}} links talk view		Bottom of disambiguation pages that need cleanup.
{{place name disambiguation}} links talk view Redirect: {{geodis}}		Bottom of disambiguation pages consisting only of geographic locations.
{{human name disambiguation}} links talk view Redirect: {{hndis}}		Bottom of disambiguation pages whose title is a human name.
{{number disambiguation}} links talk view Redirects: {{numberdis}}, {{numdab}}		Bottom of number-oriented
{{set index article}} links talk view Redirect: {{SIA}}		Bottom of list articles about a set of items of a specific type that share the same (or similar) name.
{{surname}} links talk view		Bottom of surname (last name) disambiguation pages.

In introductory lines

The following templates should be substituted because they merely provide convenient ways to produce standard common phrases in running text (not, e.g., hatnotes or message boxes).

What to type	What it produces	Where to put it
{{subst:refer|Topic}}  links talk view Redirects: {{disamb1}}, {{may refer to}}, ...	Topic may refer to:	Top
{{subst:disamb2}}  links talk view Redirect: {{itref}}	It may refer to:	In line
{{subst:disamb3}}  links talk view Redirect: {{theyref}}	They may refer to:	In line
{{subst:disamb4|Topic|description}}  links talk view Redirects: {{refers2}}, {{mayrefer2}}	Topic may refer to description:	Top
{{subst:disambiguation name|Name}}  links talk view Redirect: {{nameref}}	The name Name may refer to:	Top
{{subst:disamb-name2|Topic|description}}  links talk view Redirect: {{nameof}}	Topic is the name of description, including:	Top
{{subst:disamb-term|term}}  links talk view Redirect: {{termref}}	The term "term" may refer to:	Top
{{subst:disamb-terms|term1|term2}}  links talk view Redirect: {{termsref}}	The terms "term1" and "term2" may refer to:	Top

Section

See also: Wikipedia:Template messages/Section

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{details|location}} links talk view	Further information: location	Sections near top
{{further|location}} links talk view	Further information: location	Sections near top
{{main|location}} links talk view	Main article: location	Sections near top
{{main list|location}} links talk view	For a more comprehensive list, see location.	Sections near top

Footnotes and references

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{citation}} links talk view	Makes a formatted citation for use with Harvard style reference links.	Articles notes or references
{{Harvard citation|name|year}} links talk view Redirect: {{harv}}	Makes a Harvard style reference link.	Articles notes or references
{{note|name}} links talk view	^ The footnote also links back to the reference. ^ A # can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list. Similarly, * creates a bullet.	Articles notes or references
{{note label|name|label|backlink}} links talk view	a The footnote also links back to the reference. a A # can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list. a b Similarly, * creates a bullet.	Articles notes or references
{{ref|name}} links talk view	Makes reference links and footnotes that are numbered automatically.	Articles notes or references
{{ref label|name|label|backlink}} links talk view	Makes reference links and footnotes with specific labels.	Articles notes or references

Timing-related messages

See also: Wikipedia:Current event templates and Category:Temporal templates

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{anachronism}} links talk edit	Use {{anachronism inline}} for use at exact examples.	Top of articles or sections that have anachronisms
{{current}} links talk edit	Use 'section' in 2nd parameter, if tagging a section.	Top of articles or sections about current events
{{current disaster}} links talk edit		Top of articles about current disasters
{{current person}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current related}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current spaceflight}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current sport}} links talk edit		Article top
{{current sports transaction}} links talk edit		Article top
{{high traffic}} category links talk edit		Talk page top
{{now}} links talk edit	The current date and time is 17 March 2020 T 06:54 UTC.	Talk page top
{{recent death}} links talk edit		Article top
{{recentism}} links talk edit		Article top
{{update}} links talk edit		Article or section top

Title-related messages

{{correct title|title=article}} links talk view		Article top
{{lowercase title|article}} links talk view	Decapitalises first letter of page title; for use in articles whose title is incorrectly capitalized due to technical restrictions, such as iPod.	Article top

Character/symbol notes

{{IPA notice}} links talk view		Article top
{{special characters}} links talk view		Article top

Expansion requests

See also: Expansion requests in the talk namespace

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{expand section}} {{expand section|text}} links talk edit		Section top
{{Missing information|text}} links talk edit		Article top